libptpmgmt 1.4

• Linuxptp version 4.4 do not add any new managment interface.
• Improve C++ pre-compile compare values.
• Fix spelling.
• Fix Gentoo build issue
  • Add Python3 byte compilation.
  • Move documents to a Gentoo friendly folder.
• Add new JSON parser.
  • Remove JSON wrapper libraries.
  • Keep backward compatible of JSON library load functions.
• Improve PTP backward compatible.
  improve handling of ptp_perout_request structure.
• Re-license test scripts.
  So users can use them to any way they wish.
  The code in sample left with GPL is intended as reference only.
• Make-file
  • Replace hash sign with hash variable.
  • Add SPDX IDs to generated package configuration file.
  • Use bank sign in regular replace expression.
  • Use hash variable as hash sign is used fore comments.
  • Improve verbose flag.
  • Update to C11 in C unit tests.
    We need the time structures.
  • Use libtool to link static and dynamic pair libraries.
  • Use chrpath or patchelf to remove RUN-PATH from
    shared libraries before installation.
• Remove warning suppression of removed code in SWIG files.
• ABI compare action
• Add final to virtual override functions of HMAC libraries.
  The libraries are internal,
  we can change without effect main library ABI.
• Fix ID type of SPP class.
• GPG sign of release tags.
• Improve documents.
• Improve ABI script
  • Skip ABI test if we do not have the release tag.
    Some developers may run the test on their own fork,
    which do not have the release tags.
    No point to indicate error in this case.
    The test will run on the official repository.
  • Store last version dump.
  • Add exit with error in case ABI fails after we save the report.
• Add Discount-Markdown to containers.
• Generate HTML from markdown using the discount markdown application.
• Move markdown files to doc folder.
• Add package configuration to project.
  It does not contain much information, but convenient for probing.
• Autoconf configuration improvements
  • Add more macros.
  • Add macros for conditions.
    Add PTPM_VAR_EMPTY_IF test for empty variable
    Add PTPM_VAR_ELSE_IF test variable value is other
    Add PTPM_FILE_IF test file exist
    Add AS_VAR_SET_IF to test a variable is set.
    Add AS_VAR_IF to test a variable value.
    Add macro looping a range.
  • Use AS_VAR_COPY for copying value from another variable.
    Use AS_VAR_APPEND when append text to a variable .
  • Add macros to all shell commands.
  • Use package configuration (pkgconf)
  • Replace AC_XXX_PROGS with AC_CHECK_TOOLS
  • Check that the user Lua setting is a real Lua executable.
  • Rename variables in AC_XXX_PROGS as they are substitute by definition.
  • Replace AS_VAR_SET_IF, as condition return true
    for variable set with empty value.
  • Improve list of folders to search.
  • Use 'printf' in m4 and when need formatting.
    Replace with AS_ECHO_N in the other cases.
  • Language scripts use 'print', to distinguish from shell echo.
  • Use AS_ECHO_N, as we do not need the new-line.
  • Use package configure with the exist flag to determine if a package exist.
  • Improve wrapper languages probing.
  • Add report for cross compilation.
  • Add more sub-versions of Python 3.
  • Integrate libtool with configuration.
  • Fix install of Doxygen documents.
    Verify the files exist before modifying.
• Remove standard auxiliary files and install them from system.
• Add Coverity Scan action. Fix defects found by scan.
  • Initialise class properties.
  • Ensure buffer is allocated in Binary::iResize.
  • Skip calling Binary::iResize when using length zero.
  • Improve Binary::clear().
  • Add protections on Binary::copy;
  • Add test in ConfigSection::set_val() before setting m_vals[].
  • Improve Token::dup().
  • Remove dead code in Message::mng2str_c().
  • Add MessageDispatcher::_noTlvClear() and
    remove dead code in MessageBuilder::buildTlv().
  • Improve code selection in MsgProc::proc(Float64_t).
  • Improve interface name copy in IfInfo::initUsingName().
  • In PMC dump: ensure key handler have a valid string to parse.
  • In read_cfg(): make sure we close the file.
  • In message parser: release the SMPTE TLV in case it is not used.
• Improve document of parse_options().
• Improve the Go architecture script.
• Add sys/types.h to pub/c/ptp.h.
• Create the example make files dynamically.
• Fix go package.
• Remove D_INC macro, We use SWIG to create the dependencies file.
• Fix library name in description.
• In continuos integration add test without the development package.
• Use proper name for shared libraries dynamic load.
  Make sure we use published libraries.
  And not developers libraries.
• Add the librtpi package to container.
• Reorder PHC controller tool help follow Linuxptp.
• Update GitHub actions versions, using deprecated Node.js version 16.
• Add link to project home page and issues.
• Remove MessageBuilder old note, the destructor was removed.
• Add Compatibility with Linuxptp document.
• Fix version 1.3 change log.
• Use C++ 11 default member initialising.
  Reduce use of direct initialising with constructors.
• Add C public header external "C" for C++ usage.
  Although C++ application can use the better C++ API.
  Some may defer the C API and call them from C++.
• Fix C API ptpmgmt_clock::fetchCaps() definition,
  use Linux clock capabilities structure.
• Move Perl SWIG Module name.
  from SWIG interface file to SWIG command line.
• Improve shell script distribution() function in util.sh.
• Fix Docker file description.
• Update README.md